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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a May 27th memorandum, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga has expanded the government Compliance Review Committee, with the appointment of three new members: Education director Talauega Dr. Samasoni Asaeli; Human and Social Service director, Muavaefa’atasi...
Washington, D.C. — Tuesday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was pleased to welcome a federal grant worth $583,215 for American Samoa. The federal grant, awarded through the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is part of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Head of the Diocese of Samoa Pago Pago, Bishop Peter Brown says there was no damage to the church’s Fatuoaiga facility, which housed about 40 travelers from the 4th repatriation flight that arrived on May 12th.
Among the issues mentioned in a COVID-19 Task Force news...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Government officials, business representatives and friends gathered at the DDW Restaurant last week to witness the official launch of a guidebook for the territory called, “Explore American Samoa”.
The book was written by Melinda Laura Clayville, founder and creator of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An ASG delegation led by Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga met with StarKist’s plant director last week to discuss cannery operations. No additional information was provided by either the Governor’s Office or StarKist corporate office on issues that were covered...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) has found that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposed rule to designate critical habitat for seven threatened corals in U.S. waters in the Indo-Pacific is “not based on the best scientific information...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “How can a person in custody come up positive for methamphetamine?”
This is the question Associate Justice Fiti Sunia asked about Fereti Talosaga’s case last week. Talosaga, who is in custody, appeared in High Court last Thursday for a Disposition Hearing for violating...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It was a solemn morning with the dawn breaking, and American Samoa was slowly waking up to celebrate Memorial Day yesterday; and it was a clear morning for the four wreath presentations planned by the Office of the Governor.
As Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Va’alele Ale...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — There will be no immediate discharge of fully vaccinated passengers on the 5th repatriation flight that’s departing Honolulu and arriving on Tuesday, June 1st, 2021 as initially planned. After further review of the discharge plan and the discovery of two new positive...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 40-year-old man accused of assisting two males who burglarized and stole from a home on the westside has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Malua Fata was originally charged with one count of stealing, a class C felony, punishable by imprisonment term...